Microbial volatile organic compounds in moldy interiors: A long-term climate chamber study

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 532-538

  Schuchardt, Sven ^a   Strube, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PROCESS ENGINEERING AND PACKAGING IVV   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate chamber; Emission monitoring; Indoor fungi; Microbial volatile organic compound (MVOC)

Indexed keywords

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; FUNGUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

AIR; AIR MICROBIOLOGY; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CLIMATE; FUNGI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOUSING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

FUNGI;

EID: 84877246217     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201200056     Document Type: Article

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